Mangle



(No Model.)

C. S. PAUL. MANGLB.

No. 572,614. Patented 1360.8. 1896.,

' 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SYLVENOUS PAUL, OF FARIBAULT, -MINNESOTA MANGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,614, dated December 8, 1896.

Application filed April 27, 1896.

To all whom, it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SYLvENoUs PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Faribault, Rice county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Mangles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the laundry, and more especially to machines used therein which ale known as manglesg and the object of the same is to eect certain improvements in devices of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of this machine complete with parts of the framework broken away, the treadle depressed, and the returnapron retracted. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of this machine with the treadle and return-apron in positions opposite from those shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the said drawings, the numeral 1 designates a suitable framework comprising four corner posts or legs connected by transverse and longitudinal beams, and which legs are provided in their longitudinal inner faces near their upper ends with upright grooves 2, the legs at that end of the machine which is nearest the operator (here shown as the left) being higher than those at the other end and preferably connected by oblique longitudinal braces 3. Standing parallel with these braces 3 is an inclined table 4, constituting the upper side of a box-shaped steam-chest 5, preferably made entirely of metal and about ten inches in depth. This chest extends the entire length of the machine and is rigidly supported in any suitable manner by the framework, having a steam-inlet pipe 6 at a suitable point near its upper end and an exhaust or drip pipe 7 at a suitable point near its lower end. By this means live steam admitted to the chest circulates through the same, so as to heat the upper side thereof, which constitutes the table 4, and iinally passes out, together with the water of condensation, through the drip-pipe 7. Rigidly carried by the framework near the upper end of the table is a feed-box 8, and similarly carried by the other end of the serial No. 589,317. (Noma-.1.)

framework and beneath the discharge end of the table 4 is a folding-table 9,' onto which the ironed articles areV delivered and upon which they may be folded by an operator or by machinery or passed onto suitable folding-machines.

The numerals ll designate a number of rolls covered with suitable fabric 12, as usual, and having their axles journaled through side bars 13, the extremities 14 of the latter fitting loosely in the upright grooves 2. The drawings show four of these rolls, the projecting ends of the upper two being connected by a chain belt 15 and those of the lower two by a similar chain belt 16, as seen in Fig. 1, while the intermediate rolls are connected by a similar chain belt 17, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2, preferably located at the opposite side of the machine, and the series of rolls is driven by power from a suitable source applied to a wheel 19, which may be mounted on any one of the shafts, as will be clear.

Standing across the front end of the machine is a treadle 21, having rods 22, connected with a rectangular rock-shaft 23, journaled, as at 24, in the cross-beams of the framework.

25 are uprights hinged, as at 26, to the rear upper corner of the rock-shaft 23, and pivoted at 27 to the upper ends of the uprights at each side of the machine are diverging rods 28, which pass upwardly inside the braces 3 and are pivotally connected, as at 29, with the side bars 13. By this means the operator, by pressing her foot on the treadle 21, rocks the shaft 23 in its bearings 24 and raises the uprights 25, and the latter, through their rods 28, raise the side bars 13 and with them all the rollers, the degree of adjustment thus permitted being regulated by the distance of the hinges 2G from the center of the rockshaft 23, being preferably about three inches.

30 are tapes or cords extending beneath the series of rollers and along above the table and supported at their upper sides by pulleys 31, which latter are carried by a cross-bar 32, supported by uprights 33, rising from the side bars 13. The function of these tapes is to hold the articles being ironed firmly down on the table while they are passing from one roller to the next.

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From the above construction it will be seen that the operator may take the articles from the feed-box 8 and pass them over the table 4 and under the upper roller, from which point they are carried down over the hot table and delivered from beneath the lower roller onto the folding-table 9. Thence they are taken by another operator to the foldingmachine, if one is to be employed.

It sometimes occurs in the use of machines of this character that after an article has once passed under the rolls it is desired to return it to the starting-point and pass it again through the machine, and for this purpose I have provided the return-apron, which I will now describe.

40 is the apron itself, made of tapes or fabric and passing over rollers 4l, the latter being journaled in boxes 42, which slide longitudinally in guideways 43, supported justinside the legs of the machine at each side thereof, power being applied to one of the rollers 41 by a chain belt 44, preferably leading from one of the ironing-rollers 1l, although power could be applied to the apron in any other suitable manner.

45 are side rods connecting the shafts of the rollers 4l and preferably having turnbuckles 46 between such rollers, whereby the latter can be separated or approximated to adjust them to the apron. These side rods extend past the forward roller and are connected by a cross-bar which forms a handle 46', located beneath the feed-box 8 and in position to be grasped by the operators hand or to be pushed forward by her knee. After a pillow-case or other article has passed down under the rolls ll and when it is about to be delivered onto the folding-table 9, if the operator desires it returned for a second ironing she presses her knee against the handle 46. This moves the rods 45 from the position shown in Fig. l forward to the position shown in Fig. 2, and hence throws the right-hand roller out over the folding-table in position to receive the pillow-case as it drops off the table 4. The apron moving in the direction of the arrow will then return the pillow-case, and it drops into the return-box 50,from which the operator may pick it and pass it again under the rollers. By grasping the handle 46' and drawing the apron-carrying rollers toward her the entire apron is returned to the position shown in Fig. l, at which time the articles delivered from the table 4 drop onto the folding-table 9 without being returned.

All parts of this lnachine are of the desired sizes, shapes, proportions, and materials, and considerable change in the speciiic details of construction may be made without departing from the principle of my invention.

The treadle arrangement is obviously for the purpose of raising the rolls suddenly, as may sometimes become necessary where the operators finger is liable to be caught thereunder; but the rolls descend by their own weight, as shown in the drawings, or may be assisted by springs, if desired.

That is claimed as new is- 1. In a mangle, the combination with the framework having oblique side braces connectin g its legs and upright guides in the latter, a box-shaped steam-chest supported by said framework between such braces, a steaminlet pipe at the upper end of the chest, an outlet-pipe at theA lower end thereof, and a return-apron beneath said chest; of side bars having their ends mounted in said guides of the framework, a treadle at the inlet end of the machine,eonnections between said treadle and side bars for raising the latter when the treadle is depressed, a series of rolls j ournaled in said side bars, means for rotating them in unison, connections between one of the rolls and the return-apron, a cross-bar extending across the machine and supported by said side bars, pulleys carried by the cross-bar, and tapes extending around the rolls and over said pulleys, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. ln a mangle,v the combination with the ironing-table, aseries of rotating rolls extending across the same, and a folding-table earried by the framework beneath the delivery end of the ironing-table; of guideways carried by the framework, boxes sliding therein, rollers journaled in such boxes, a returnapron connecting said rollers, means for driving the latter, and a frame connecting the axles of the apron-rollers and having a han.

dle across its front end, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a mangle, the combination with the ironing-table and ironing-rolls, and the folding-table beneath the delivery end of the ironing-table; of guideways carried by the framework and one pair of them standing above such folding table, boxes moving in said guideways, rollers journaled in the boxes, a return-apron moving over said rollers, a belt between one of such rollers and an ironing-.

roll, rods at the sides of the machine connecting the axles of the apron-rollers, turnbuckles in such rods, and a handle connecting the front ends of these rods, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witncsses.

CHARLES SYL-VENOUS PAUL.

lilitnesses:

LoUIs FEEsER, .T r., Guo. E. SCALES.

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